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North Korea Rockets 'Ready To Hit US Bases'

he country's KCNA news agency said Kim Jong-Un had signed off on the
order to train sights on American bases in South Korea and the Pacific
after a midnight meeting with top generals.

The move was followed by reports of increased activity at North Korea's
mid to long-range missile sites, according to South Korea's Yonhap news
agency.

It comes after two American stealth bombers flew over South Korea in a
show of force to Pyongyang, following an escalation of rhetoric from the
North's young leader.

Both China and Russia have appealed for calm.

Moscow said the heightened military activity was slipping into a
"vicious cycle" that could get out of control, implicitly criticising
the US bomber flights.

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov suggested that North Korea should also
cool down, calling on "all sides not to flex their military muscle" and
avoid the danger of a belligerent response.

The US uses B-2 bombers as a 'deterrence' measure in the region

China's foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei said: "We call on all
relevant parties to make joint efforts to turn around the tense
situation. Peace and stability on the Korean peninsula as well as
Northeast Asia serves the common interest."

The planes were taking part in a joint South Korea-US military exercise
that has inflamed tensions with Pyongyang, which earlier this month
threatened to unleash an "all-out war" backed by nuclear weapons.

"This .... demonstrates the United States' ability to conduct long
range, precision strikes quickly and at will," the US military said in a
statement.

"The B-2 bomber is an important element of America's enduring and
robust extended deterrence capability in the Asia-Pacific region."

KCNA reported that Mr Kim had "judged the time has come to settle
accounts with the US imperialists in view of the prevailing situation".

The agency said: "He finally signed the plan on technical preparations
of strategic rockets of the KPA, ordering them to be on standby for fire
so that they may strike any time the US mainland, its military bases in
the operational theatres in the Pacific, including Hawaii and Guam, and
those in South Korea."

Following their leader's call to arms, thousands of North Koreans
turned out for a mass rally in the main square in the capital.

Chanting "Death to the US imperialists" and "Sweep away the US
aggressors," soldiers and students marched through Kim Il-Sung Square
during the 90-minute rally.

The US has denied its military exercise was provocative but said it was
"committed to a pathway to peace" and "prepared to deal with any
eventuality" in the region.

Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel and General Martin Dempsey, chairman of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the B-2 bombers were a message intended
more for allies than Pyongyang.

"The North Koreans have to understand that what they're doing is very dangerous," Mr Hagel said.

"I don't think we're doing anything extraordinary or provocative or out
of the ... orbit of what nations do to protect their own interests."

The US, he added, must make it clear to South Korea, Japan and other
allies in the region that "these provocations by the North are taken by
us very seriously, and we'll respond to that".

Being as Okinawa is pretty much the ring leader for the pacific region military operations, and its high ratio of military bases per sq. mile... I foresee that would be a more likely target. I can't say it doesn't give me the jeebies being in Okinawa with all this going down, including local protesting, but I believe in our military strength and readiness. They will not succeed against us.

I just heard an article on japan recently abou the recover frim the tsunami and nuclear plant melt down on NPR.
How are things there in okinawa? I heard there still quite a few displaced families and and ppl still scared of contamination esp near the nuclear plant.
hope they are doing better.dh was stationed there a while back and had some good frienda there.

Quoting Mrs.Pedro:

Being as Okinawa is pretty much the ring leader for the pacific region military operations, and its high ratio of military bases per sq. mile... I foresee that would be a more likely target. I can't say it doesn't give me the jeebies being in Okinawa with all this going down, including local protesting, but I believe in our military strength and readiness. They will not succeed against us.

Okinawa really wasn't affected much, because we are several hundred miles south I a different island. I've been keeping tabs on what is going on on the mainland, and there are still a lot of families displaced. The good thing is that the Japanese build quickly, so things are getting much better than they would had it been a US city. They definitely have every right to be worried about radioactive contamination... Just like our government lies to keep things peaceful, Japan's does as well... I doubt all the contamination is gone.

Quoting lkane81:

I just heard an article on japan recently abou the recover frim the tsunami and nuclear plant melt down on NPR.

How are things there in okinawa? I heard there still quite a few displaced families and and ppl still scared of contamination esp near the nuclear plant.

hope they are doing better.dh was stationed there a while back and had some good frienda there.

Quoting Mrs.Pedro:

Being as Okinawa is pretty much the ring leader for the pacific region military operations, and its high ratio of military bases per sq. mile... I foresee that would be a more likely target. I can't say it doesn't give me the jeebies being in Okinawa with all this going down, including local protesting, but I believe in our military strength and readiness. They will not succeed against us.

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